Extractor pins

[Theodoric]

Hey everybody,

I recently bought a pre-model 14 Target Masterpiece that is missing one of the extractor pins. Anybody know where I can get one? I've tried Smith & Wesson, Numrich, Classic Firearms and Parts, Midwest Gun Works and Brownell.

Thanks

 

[Truckman]

I remember someone recently suggesting the re-purposing of a broken drill bit, but I can't recall what size......Ben

 

[Alk8944]

Call Jack First: Phone: (605) 343-9544

 

[Theodoric]

Thanks. So who is Jack?

 

[Truckman]

Thanks. So who is Jack?

Jack First......Ben

 

[H Richard]

Jack First is a manufacturer of parts for many out of production firearms. They stock some frequently used pieces, but will make up parts on order. They are in Rapid City SD.

 

[Pisgah]

A piece of hardware-store drill rod of the correct diameter will give you a lifetime supply.

 

[Theodoric]

Thanks for the tips. Jack has SS ones. Won't match, but it should work.

 

[rct269]

Just be thankful the gun has pins! I once had an early M&P Target from way back when with no pins. That startled me at first, just because up to that time I'd never seen one without them. Closer examination revealed the tip of each leg on the ejector "star" was radiused------convex. Each leg fit into a concave radius milled into the cylinder. My first thought was "God almighty, that had to cost a fortune to make---no damn wonder they went to pins!!" You booger just one of those tips, and you don't worry about where to find pins----you worry about where to find a whole extractor "star" from 100 years ago----as in "This Is Serious Business-- Bring Money!"

Ralph Tremaine

 

[tops]

Lyman decapping pins. Larry

 

[steelslaver]

Get one or more size #54 drills. .055 in diameter. First thing you do is drill a hole in a piece of scrap 3/8 or 1/2" steel the depth of a pin. I can't remember just what that is. Anyway once the hole is drilled. Stick the end of shank in the hole and while pressing it into the hole, cut it off flush with a Dremel tool disk. Put the remainder of the drill in chuck backwards and round off the end of the shank a bit using some 400 grit emery cloth backed by a metal bar. Stick the newly rounded end in the hole and cut it off flush. Repeat until you are out of shank(s).

You now have several pins that are slightly rounded on one end. Take the cap off a bottle of alcohol and fill the cap 1/2 way with alcohol and stick the pins in and swirl them around as bit so they are clean. Use a toothpick with the very tip broke off dipped in the alcohol to clean the hole(s) in cylinder. Remove pins from alcohol and let them dry. Place a drop or 2 of red Loctite on a piece of scrap plastic and with tweezers, (or small hemostats) pick up a pin close to rounded end and dunk the cut off end in the Loctite and stick it in the hole. A light tap to make sure it is seated. Wait about 30 minutes before reassembling the cylinder with a few empties in chambers when you tighten the rod. This is one of the very few uses I have for red Loctie on a revolver